Combined medal ribbon-bar and medal-suspender



c. F. GYAUNT.

COMBINED MEDAL RIBBON BAR AND MEDAL SU'SPENDEB.

1,37%6'76, Patented May'10,1921

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CHARLES F, GAUNT, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 17, 1920. Serial No. 359,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES FREDERICK GAUN'r, a subject of the King of Great Britain, of l/Varstone Parade lVorlrs, in the city of Birmingham, county of WVarwick, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Medal Ribbon-Bars and Medal-Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention has reference to combined medal ribbon bars and medal suspenders. Heretofore these medal ribbon bars and medal suspenders have usually been made in two or more pieces, namely, a top bar and a bottom bar with the double rim sewn at the back and connecting the two bars together, the bottom bar being adapted for the suspension of the medal.

According to my invention I make the combined medal ribbon bar and suspender in one piece with the exception of the actual attachment pin and the suspension pin, and in such a way that the ribbon is attached to the top and to the bottom without sewing. Moreover the medal ribbon is with my invention single instead of being double and thus about one half of the length of the medal ribbon is saved, and the ribbon always remains stretched out. to its proper shape so that it has a neat appearance and cannot be pulled out of shape, and moreover the article complete with the ribbonis much cheaper to produce than is the usual combined medal ribbon bars and suspenders.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is a front view of a combined medal ribbon bar and medal suspender constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a back view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the sheet metal blank for forming the plate or frame part of the combined medal ribbon bar and medal suspender shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a plate or frame A, preferably made of sheet metal the width of which from side to side corresponds with the width of the required medal bar fromone'vertical side to the other, and this plate A. is made of convenient depth to suit the properlength of the ribbon B. the lower edge of the plate being preferably chamfered off to the sides as shown. The said bottom edge may if desired be straight and parallel with the top edge. At the center of the bottom edge there is formed an eye or loop or a pierced ear 1 or the like to receive the vertical swivel pin G at the bottom of which the medal D is suspended. Instead of the center of the bottom part of the plate A being formed with the pierced ear 1, it may be shaped in any other suitable manner for the attachment of the medal. For the attachment of the combined medal 'ribbon bar and medal suspender to a garment, the upper part of the plate or frame A is provided with any suitable attachment device, preferably a brooch pin E which is jointed at 2 to a loop or the like 3 at one side of the plate A near the top of the same, said pin E being adapted to engage with the hook l or the like which is formed at the other side of the plate or frame A. The plate or frame A is preferably of skeleton formation as shown. The upper end of the ribbon B is attached to the top of the bar or plate A by the edge portions 5, 6, of the plate A, being folded over on the top edge of the ribbon B so as to secure the same between the folded edge parts 5, 6 and the back of the plate A. The ribbon B is then folded over the top of the bar or plate A and stretched over the front of the same and the lower end portion of the ribbon is folded over the bottom edges 7 (or edge) on to the back of the same, and these ends are secured by the central tongue part 8 of the frame which is raised and bent and closed over onto the folded end portions of the ribbon B as shown in Fig. 2, thereby efiectually securing the ribbon stretched on to the plate or frame.

Or as an alternative arrangement, instead of the top of the ribbon being secured to the top part of the frame by the parts such. as 5, 6 being closed over on to the ribbon at the back of the plate or frame as in Figs.

2 and 3, the top edge of the ribbon can be secured to the top of the plate or frame by the top edge parts such as 5, 6 of the latter being turned'and closed over at the front on to the top of the ribbon, and in this case these turned over parts 5, 6, may be shaped or stamped with any suitable fancy design. The back plate A is preferably of skeleton formation as shown, but if desired it can be a solid plate as will readily be understood.

The swivel pin C by which the medal D Patented May 10, 192i.

is suspended is preferably of the usual kind having a head 9 which bears on the top of the central upper eye or ear 10 of the plate or the frame A, the lower portion of the pin 61 passing as aforesaid through the lower pierced ear 1 and at its lower end being hooked 0r bent into a loop or eye 11 to engage With the hole or attachment suspension ring of the medal D.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

1. A combined medal ribbon and medal suspender consisting of a plate adapted to have a ribbon stretched thereon, said plate having portions bent back upon the plate to retain the adjacent ends of the ribbon thereon, projections upon the back of said late in vertical alincnient a verticall disposed pin mounted in said projections and adapted to support a medal at its lower end and means upon said plate for attachment to a garment.

2. A combined medal ribbon bar and medal Suspender including a plate adapted to have a ribbon stretched thereon, said plate carrying at the top a hinged brooch pin adapted to secure the combined medal bar andv medal suspender to a garment, said brooch pin being secured to the plate or frame by a tongue of the latter passing through an eye of the pin, the opposite side Ullv of the plate or frame being made with hooked projection with which the pin can be engaged. r

3. A COmblIlGCl medal ribbon bar and medal suspender including a plate adapted to have a ribbon stretched thereon, said plate having a top backwardly projecting eye and a bottom baclnvardly projecting eye through both of which pass s a headed central vertical suspension pin adapted at its lower'end for ttachment to a medal;

l. A combined medal ribbon bar and medal suspender consisting of a sheet-metal plate adapted to have a ribbon stretched .over the front thereof the top side of said plate having spaced portions bent back upon the plate to retain the adjacent end of the ribbon thereon a'nd'a rearward projection intermediate said bent-back portions and having an eye therein, said plate near its lower end having a punched-out portion bent back to retain the adjacent portion of the ribbon thereon, a second rearward projection at the lower end of said plate and having an eye therein, means adapted to suspend a medal from said plate consisting of pin extending through said eyes and having an enlarged upper end and a hooked lower end, and means upon said plate for attachment to a garment.

5. A combined medal ribbon bar and medal suspender consisting'of a unitary sheet metal plateadapted to have a ribbon stretched over the front thereof, the top side of said plate having spaced portions bent baclr upon the plate to retain the adjacent end of the ribbon thereon and a rearward projection intermediate said portions and having an eye therein, the lower side of said plate beingtapered to a point in vertical alinement with said projection, a second rearward projection upon said point and having an eye therein, said plate having a punched out portion near its lower end and adapted to retain the adjacent portions of the ribbon thereon, means adapted to suspend a medal from said plate consisting of a pin extending through said eyes and having an enlarged upper end and a hooked lower end, and means upon said plate for attachment to a garment, said last-mentioned means consisting of a loop on one side of said plate, a hooked projection on the oppositeside thereof and a brooch pin hinged in said loop and adapted to engage said hooked projection.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses. V

CHARLES F. GAUNT.

Witnesses v GoRnoN G. Coons,

WILLIAM J. C. Hnwnrson. 

